#BAAC3B#BAAC3B

#BAAC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.132 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAC3B
RGB	rgb(186, 172, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -8.13, 57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 57.95, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0277 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.132 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7932, 40.2614, 10.0227)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAC3B #3B49BA

analogous

#BA6C3B #BAAC3B #88BA3B

triadic

#BAAC3B #3BBAAC #AC3BBA

tetradic

#BAAC3B #3BBA6C #3B49BA #BA3B88

square

#BAAC3B #3BBA6C #3B49BA #BA3B88

split-complementary

#BAAC3B #3B88BA #6C3BBA

monochromatic

#5D561E #8C812C #BAAC3B #CEC264 #DDD593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BAAC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BAAC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAC3B

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAC3B	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baac3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 172, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.132 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c477',
    500: '#baac3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baac3b;
$custom-light: #d2c477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baac3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.386,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73563,
    "c": 0.13159,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAC3B

secondary

#8990C8

accent

#5CDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAC3B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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